Hold Still, Cowboy
The Kingsleys #9
Coming December 14 · Available now for pre-order
She fixes what hurts. He might be the reason she finally stays.
Equine massage therapist Jayda Fairchild is good at two things: finding the pain no one else can see and leaving town before anything—or anyone—gets too close.
Her temporary contract at the Kingsley Ranch should be no different. Help prepare the horses for the prestigious Christmas Classic, collect her pay, and head south before the Montana snow traps her there.
Then she meets Shane Kingsley.
After a betrayal cost him the company he spent eight years building, Shane has returned to the family ranch with a talent for spreadsheets, a schedule for everything, and no intention of trusting anyone again. Especially not the bright, irresistible woman who can read every secret his body is trying to hide.
When an injured back puts Shane on Jayda’s treatment table, they strike a simple bargain: her healing hands in exchange for his riding lessons. It should keep things professional.
Instead, quiet mornings in the arena become shared laughter, lingering touches, and the unsettling possibility that Jayda has finally found somewhere she doesn’t want to leave.
But with the Christmas Classic approaching and trouble brewing among the sale horses, trusting each other could cost them both more than they ever planned to risk.
Because some wounds take more than skilled hands to heal—and some hearts refuse to hold still.